In the DC Universe, where Batman and Superman save the planet on the regular, the number one cause of workplace accidents for the average person is the Man of Steel of crashing through their office window mid-fight.

That daily threat — alongside the possibility of falling debris, misdirected fireballs and train derailments — is what drives the employees at Wayne Security, who dream up inventions to keep the average citizen safe from superhero negligence.

This is the gist of NBC’s new comedy “Powerless,” an ironically harmless office-comedy take on the inconvenience of being human in a superhuman world.

The show quickly voices its intentions to be a quirky workplace comedy in pursuit of even quirkier inventions, similar to ABC’s late, great and much-missed “Better Off Ted.” But despite some humorous moments, a delightful animated title sequence and a charming cast, “Better Off Ted” this is not.

Emily grew up in a fly-over state, cleverly referred to here as a middle-of-nowhere small town where superheroes never visited, just merely passed over on their way to save us all. She dreams of making change on a larger scale, but is limited by her average-ness.

Finally getting the job of her dreams, she arrives in Charm City where everyone is desensitized to superheroes and villains battling it out in their skies and on their streets daily.

Hudgens plays the pure optimist in a cynical world to a tee, surrounded by a sneering team of Wayne Security developers who write her off immediately, including “Community’s” Danny Pudi.

Taking the superhero world down to the ground level (or at least the mid-skyscraper office level) is smart in the wake of the growing gratuitous violence in superhero films and sets the series up — should it choose to indulge — for some timely and ripe commentary on how the average Joe is powerless to the whims of those with power — in reality, we are faced with politicians.

But for a show whose main characters strive to make an impact, the pilot feels like a largely insignificant addition to the TV comedic playing field, particularly considering it will take the timeslot of the wildly imaginative and brilliant “The Good Place.”

Based on the first episode, it doesn’t seem quite sure how to balance living in the world of superheroes and operating as a typical office comedy. When the two intersect, it’s fun. But the pilot is slim on major mentions of well-known heroes (beyond the Batman), sticking instead to the random fireball-spewing villain named Jack-O-Lantern, who makes jokes about his balls. The show also barely leaves the Wayne Security building to explore the world outside, and the team’s inventions are hockey at best.

Pilots are hardly ever good gauges of a series as a whole, and “Powerless” shouldn’t have to play its whole hand at the outset, nor should it have to rest on big-name superheroes it can’t feasibly turn out on TV.

But with so much riding on DC’s foray into comedy, this first impression is hardly super.

Then again, maybe in true superhero fashion, “Powerless” is just an origin story hoping to build from small beginnings.

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